Glover doesn't testify in murder trial

Published: Saturday, May 4, 2013 at 4:30 a.m.

Last Modified: Friday, May 3, 2013 at 9:30 p.m.

Defense Attorney Greg Newman told the court Friday morning that he would not put on a case in the defense of Jermaine Deprie Glover, accused of killing his roommate, Misty Carter, in 2009.

Glover has declined to testify.

The prosecution presented new witnesses along with new evidence during Glover's second murder trial, which began April 24 — a month and a half after his first trial ended with a hung jury.

The prosecution rested its case at 10:40 a.m. Closing arguments are expected to start at 9:30 a.m. Monday in Henderson County Superior Court.

Glover took the stand in his own defense in his first trial, telling the court he did not see Carter the day she was murdered and had nothing to do with her death.

A new witness, brought in by the state Friday, testified to fitting Glover for prosthetic limbs before and after the murder. Shaun Dolen, a certified prosthetist with Skyland Prosthetics and Orthotics, said Glover "was an active amputee" before Carter's death.

Dolen said that when he visited Glover for a fitting at the Henderson County Detention Center, Glover told him, "You know I couldn't have done this." He was emotional, Dolen said.

He testified to knowing that Glover had a problem with infections that would come and go in his amputated leg. The infections would make his leg bleed. Glover argued in his first trial that blood found inside his Hendersonville home may have come from the infections.

Kelly Foster, a branch manager for American General Financial Services, said she noticed a "major change... a major limp" in Glover's gait after the murder. She testified that he came into her office weeks before Carter's death, concerned about keeping his 2005 Dodge truck from being repossessed. She said he walked without difficulty at the time.

Foster contacted Buncombe County detectives, she said, after Glover started talking about the crime and how the police suspected him. She testified that he told her he would not be able to hoist a "200-pound-plus person" over his shoulder and put her in a "car." She said that after saying "car" he corrected his statement and said, "truck."

Foster told the court that Glover "would get irritated" with Carter "because he'd buy her lighters and she would always lose them" and have to use matches.

"He was upset that he had spent the money on Misty... to help her get a job in Asheville," she said.

In the last trial, Glover testified to spending nearly $1,400 on Carter the week she was murdered, two days after she told him she was pregnant with his baby. He said he helped her with a down payment for a car, paid for beauty treatments and bought her clothes for a new job she said she was starting Friday — "clerical work at Merry Maids."

Glover said she never went to work on Friday and that was the last day he saw her alive.

A medical examiner from Raleigh said Carter died of a chop wound to the head. Her nude and charred body was spotted by a passerby along the Blue Ridge Parkway on the morning of Oct. 19, 2009.

<p>Defense Attorney Greg Newman told the court Friday morning that he would not put on a case in the defense of Jermaine Deprie Glover, accused of killing his roommate, Misty Carter, in 2009.</p><p>Glover has declined to testify. </p><p>The prosecution presented new witnesses along with new evidence during Glover's second murder trial, which began April 24 — a month and a half after his first trial ended with a hung jury.</p><p>The prosecution rested its case at 10:40 a.m. Closing arguments are expected to start at 9:30 a.m. Monday in Henderson County Superior Court.</p><p>Glover took the stand in his own defense in his first trial, telling the court he did not see Carter the day she was murdered and had nothing to do with her death.</p><p>A new witness, brought in by the state Friday, testified to fitting Glover for prosthetic limbs before and after the murder. Shaun Dolen, a certified prosthetist with Skyland Prosthetics and Orthotics, said Glover "was an active amputee" before Carter's death.</p><p>Dolen said that when he visited Glover for a fitting at the Henderson County Detention Center, Glover told him, "You know I couldn't have done this." He was emotional, Dolen said.</p><p>He testified to knowing that Glover had a problem with infections that would come and go in his amputated leg. The infections would make his leg bleed. Glover argued in his first trial that blood found inside his Hendersonville home may have come from the infections.</p><p>Kelly Foster, a branch manager for American General Financial Services, said she noticed a "major change... a major limp" in Glover's gait after the murder. She testified that he came into her office weeks before Carter's death, concerned about keeping his 2005 Dodge truck from being repossessed. She said he walked without difficulty at the time.</p><p>Foster contacted Buncombe County detectives, she said, after Glover started talking about the crime and how the police suspected him. She testified that he told her he would not be able to hoist a "200-pound-plus person" over his shoulder and put her in a "car." She said that after saying "car" he corrected his statement and said, "truck."</p><p>Foster told the court that Glover "would get irritated" with Carter "because he'd buy her lighters and she would always lose them" and have to use matches.</p><p>"He was upset that he had spent the money on Misty... to help her get a job in Asheville," she said.</p><p>In the last trial, Glover testified to spending nearly $1,400 on Carter the week she was murdered, two days after she told him she was pregnant with his baby. He said he helped her with a down payment for a car, paid for beauty treatments and bought her clothes for a new job she said she was starting Friday — "clerical work at Merry Maids."</p><p>Glover said she never went to work on Friday and that was the last day he saw her alive. </p><p>A medical examiner from Raleigh said Carter died of a chop wound to the head. Her nude and charred body was spotted by a passerby along the Blue Ridge Parkway on the morning of Oct. 19, 2009.</p><p>Reach Weaver at emily.weaver@blueridgenow.com or 828-694-7867.</p>